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\u201cJames james anderson author<\/a> Anderson\u2019s unusually literary crime novel takes its atmosphere from the shifting power of the desert light on a quiet highway in central Utah.\u201d You have not read a book like The Never-Open Desert Diner in a long time, if ever. Download the reading guide.<\/p>\n

\u2013 WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD<\/h2>\n

\u201cAnderson creates a world of his own and then offers you a chance to traverse it.\u201d Read full review. \u201cA beautiful and exceptional novel\u201d Read full review. Click on name of publication to read For many years he worked in book publishing.<\/p>\n

Book List in Order: 40 titles<\/h2>\n

Ben Jones, the protagonist of James Anderson\u2019s haunting debut novel, The Never-Open Desert Diner , is on the verge of losing his small trucking company. A great book for your library one you could read again and again only to gain just one more morsel missed in the first pass.\u201d \u2013 Read the Full Review \u201cJames Anderson\u2019s unusually literary crime novel takes its atmosphere from the shifting power of the desert light on a quiet highway in central Utah.\u201d \u2013 Read the Full Review\/Interview You have not read a book like The Never-Open Desert Diner in a long time, if ever.<\/p>\n

Now in Paperback, CD, Audio and E-Book from Broadway Books.<\/h2>\n
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  • \u201cA beautiful and exceptional novel\u201d Read full review.<\/li>\n
  • A great book for your library one you could read again and again only to gain just one more morsel missed in the first pass.\u201d \u2013 Read the Full Review<\/li>\n
  • Beautifully written with a delicate sense of humor\u2026a book with this kind of subtly, lyricism, and quiet intensity isn\u2019t just appreciated \u2014 it\u2019s restorative.\u201d Read Entire Review<\/li>\n
  • \u201c\u2026distills the heat and shimmering haze of the Utah desert into a fine first novel.\u201d Read Entire Review<\/li>\n
  • \u201cJames Anderson\u2019s unusually literary crime novel takes its atmosphere from the shifting power of the desert light on a quiet highway in central Utah.\u201d \u2013 Read the Full\u00a0Review\/Interview<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    But then he finds a mute Hispanic child who has been abandoned at a seedy truck stop along his route, far from civilization and bearing a note that simply reads \u201cPlease Ben. Set in the 1930s, the action of the books takes place in a large fictional British estate, or stately home, belonging to George Henry Aylvin Saunders, the 12th Earl of Burford. \u201cIn this fine debut, James Anderson\u2019s graceful prose and evocative look at the desert elevate this untraditional mystery that would be kin to novels by James Sallis and the late Jim Crumley\u2026\u201d Ben discovers the desert is relentless in its grip, and what the desert wants, it takes. Ben\u2019s job as a truck driver is more than a career; it is a life he loves.<\/p>\n

    Combine EditionsJames Anderson\u2019s books<\/h2>\n

    A single, thirty-eight-year-old truck driver, Ben\u2019s route takes him back and forth across one of the most desolate and beautiful regions of the Utah desert. \u201cWe predict The Never-Open Desert Diner will be one of the best books you read in 2015.\u201d Read Entire Interview and Review \u201cBrilliant\u2026Seldom has (this reviewer) read a novel more affecting (or) encountered such memorable characters.\u201d \u201cIn this fine debut, James Anderson\u2019s graceful prose and evocative look at the desert elevate this untraditional mystery that would be kin to novels by James Sallis and the late Jim Crumley\u2026\u201d \u2013 Read the Full Review by Oline H. Cogdill<\/p>\n

    REVIEWS \u2013 LULLABY ROAD<\/h2>\n

    \u201c\u201dWe are the trouble we seek,\u201d says Ben Jones, the half-Jewish, half-Native American trucker who narrates this book. \u201cAtmospheric\u2026Arresting desert vistas and distinctive characters leave a lasting impression.\u201d \u201cA sweet ride\u201d Click to read full review. \u201cKeep Watch Over Your Children\u201d Click to read full review. Local truck driver Ben Jones, still in mourning over a heartbreaking loss, is just trying to get through another season of treacherous roads and sudden snowfall without an accident.<\/p>\n

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    • \u201cJames Anderson\u2019s unusually literary crime novel takes its atmosphere from the shifting power of the desert light on a quiet highway in central Utah.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • \u201cAnderson creates a world of his own and then offers you a chance to traverse it.\u201d Read full review.<\/li>\n
    • Download the reading guide.<\/li>\n
    • Other jobs have included logging, commercial fishing and, briefly, truck driver.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      CRIME FICTION LOVER<\/h2>\n

      Read an excerpt from the book. It is a story that holds the reader and refuses to let go and will linger long after the last page. The Never-Open Desert Diner is a unique blend of literary mystery and noir fiction that evokes a strong sense of place. The orphan son of a Native American father and a Jewish social worker, Ben is drawn into a love affair with a mysterious woman, Claire, who plays a cello in the model home of an abandoned housing development in the desert.<\/p>\n

      BOOKREPORTER.COM<\/h2>\n

      \u201cWhat\u2019s James Anderson reading? \u201cEffective\u2026and unusual reading experience.\u201d \u201c\u2026distills the heat and shimmering haze of the Utah desert into a fine first novel.\u201d Read Entire Review Beautifully written with a delicate sense of humor\u2026a book with this kind of subtly, lyricism, and quiet intensity isn\u2019t just appreciated \u2014 it\u2019s restorative.\u201d Read Entire Review \u201cAbsorbing\u2026an extraordinary debut.\u201d Read the Full Review \u201c\u2026a delicious cast of colorful characters\u2026Lullaby Road is a triumphant mix of landscape, character, wit and sagacity wrapped in a noir thriller.\u201d<\/p>\n

      Winter has come to Route 117, a remote road through the high desert of Utah trafficked only by eccentrics, fugitives, and those looking to escape the world. \u201cAnderson\u2019s first novel\u2026is a great one\u2026(with) genius in creating characters that stay with you\u2026They creep into your brain and settle in for a lengthy visit. \u201cThe great tradition of hard-boiled crime novels finds new and promising territory in the Utah desert.<\/p>\n

      TAMPA BAY TIMES INTERVIEW<\/h2>\n

      Inspector Wilkins books He is best known for his books featuring Inspector Wilkins. Other jobs have included logging, commercial fishing and, briefly, truck driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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